Improved fastening for covers or stoppers of bottles, jars



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Letters Patent No. 86,082,

BROOKLYN', D., 'NEW YORK.

dated January 19, 1869.

DKPROVED FASTENING FOR COVERSLOR STOPPERS 0F BOTTLES, JARS, die.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making piu't of the same.

To all 'whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, F. KLEE, of Brooklyn, E. D., in the county of Kings, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastening Screw Thimbles to the Necks of Bottles, Jars, 86e.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and usc the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure 1 represents a vertical central section of this invention.

Figure 2 is a detached section ofthe connecting-tube.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the arrangement of a sheetmetal connecting-tube, which is provided with lugs, and with a screw-thread at its outer end, in combination with the screw-thimble and with the neck of a bottle, jar, or other vessel, which is 'grooved to receive the lugs of the connecting-tube, and which is also provided with a shoulder, in such a manner that when tbe connecting-tube is introduced into the neck of the vessel, its inner edge can bebent ont under the shoulder of said neck, and by screwing the-thimble on the screw-thread, at the outer end of the connecting-tube, a firm and durable connection is effected between said thimble and the neck of the vessel, the joint being rendered tight by'a packing-ring of cork, or other material, and by these means the objectionable use of cement can be dispensed with.

A represents a vessel, of glass, china, stone-ware, or other material of a similar nature, and provided with a neck, B, to which the screw-thimble C is to be connected.

The connection is effected by a tube, D, which is made of brass, or other soft and pliable sheet-metal, and provided with lugs a., and with a screw-thread, b, as clearly shown in iig. 2 of the drawing.

- The neck of the vessel A is furnished with grooves c, to receive the lugs a, and with a shoulder, d, as shown in iig. 1, so that when the tube D has been introduced, its inner edge can be turned out under said shoulder, as shown.

To fac'litate the operation of turning out its edge,

said tube may be provided witha series of incisions in` its inner edge, but if the. metal iiom which said tube i's made, is soft and thin, these incisions can -be dispcnsed with.

'After the tube ble material is interposed between the top edge ofthe neck B and the tbimble 0.

The connection between the tube D and tblmble C may be made permanent by solder, or by pressing the top edge of the tube out into a groove turned, for that purpose, into the inner edge of the thimble.

By these means, a iirm, durable, and air-tight'eonnection is effected between the thimble Gand the neck of the vessel, without the necessity of using cement of any kind, and my mode of fastening the screw-thimbles is articularly valuable for vessels intended to receive pe roleum, or otherliquid of such a nature, that it is diiiicult to find a cement capable of resisting its` action.

I am aware that bungs' for barrels have been constructed, in wbicha connecting-tube of cast-hietal is secured in place by a nut -on the outside of the barrel, instead of the screw-thimble which I use, the cap in these bungs being screwed directly on the connectingtube, instead of on the lint or on the scrcw-tbiinble which I use; but-by screwing the cap on the thimble, I am enabled to make the connecting tube of thiir metal, which can be more readily inserted within the jar or vessel, and clinched on the inside. Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as niemand desire to secure by Let-4 ters Patent, is-

',lhe sheet-metal connecting-tube D, provided with lugs a, in combination with the screw-thimble G, and

with the neck B, substantially as and for the'purpose described.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. Kes'rmznunn.'

D has been secured in the neck of the vessel,`the screw-thimble O is attached to it by means of an internal screwfthread, e, which screws ,on the thread b of the connecting-tube, and in -order to. make the joint tight, a ring, f, of cork brother suita- 

